Water-meter.



D. A. MUNRE.

WATER METER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.14, 1908.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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.NESSES D A. MUNROE.

WATER METER.

APPLICATION FILED 1419.11.14, 190e.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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UNITED sTA'ili- TENT ormoni.

iniziai. A. MNROE, oF WILKINSBURG, rninsrtvnnin, fassraiion "ro P1Tirsimn METER COMPANY, CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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To til t'iiikom t may concern:

Beit known that I, DANIEL A. MUNo, l

titiit tf Wilkinsbtig, in tht county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania have Water'- I'nade a new and useful Invention in Meters, of which the following is aspe'cistation.

This invention relates to meters 'and more particularly tewater meters of the type having a. Wing Wheel rotated by the v'vater traversing the assages of the meter which operates the lndicating and registering mechanism 'of themeter.

An object of my invention is the production of a meter of this type in which the.

lateral or side'wis'e thrust on the v'vin'g wheel is counterbalanced.

further object is the production of a meter of this type in which the longitudinal as wel] as the lateral thrust on' the wing Wheel 'is counterbalaned.

These and other objects I attain in a nieter` embodying the features hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawings accompanying this application and forming a part thereof. V v

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitu-l dinal section of a meter embodying my invention and is taken along the line 1-1 'of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a planview vof the meter s'llwn in Fig. 1, portions thereof having been removed for convenience of illustration; and, Fig. 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Various attempts have been made to produ'ce a Water meter in Which the Wing'viiheel is balanced, both laterally and longitudinally, but, so far as I know, no one has been successful in producing such a' meter. The lateral or sidewise thrust of the Wing v'vheel is ordinarily occasioned by an improper arrangement of the water passages Within the meter which permits the Water tohave freer access to, or freer egress from one side than the other of the wing wheel.

In the meter illustrated a. lWing Wheel 6 is inclosed Within a Wheel casing 7, which is in turn inclosed Within and supported by a casing 8. The casing 8, which may" be termed the outer or meter casing, is provided with a cover portion 9 secured thereto and provided with van indicating and regis-v tering mechanism 10. The Wheel casingI 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Appucation mea 'Matth 14, 19st. sensi mi; aaneen.

which amount or yvaterpa'ssig Pateiiteti itat. is, iti-.

an'd Bottm portions 12' and 13 secured tit-titte by 'Siate-tit' stiftet. 'mit' tyiiiidiitti consists of a cylindrical portion 11 and 'tp 55 et the etsii-1g an denver water te 'the iaitr`ior 'of the siig and eiiseqiie tly to .the l parte, that tht water dentiste-ti te the iiiitg when is aividtd iiitt twe satan-s, ont tif iivlii'c'h is discharged through the l"b lts', y ttp fit-ities 12 titi tite etnat reagiptiifts ti tht battiti portion 13. y

'rit eating s is pitf'vitieti with tii iiiit port (not short/'11) ,-iivhicli brfilniiiiic'at's tiir'titgh i "ttige 18min-ttt passages 19 and 20 lc'a ed Within the sirig 8 and which deliver Water to a passage 21 surriding the Wheel casing andformed between it n'd tiit ditpiitigti 15. 'ni istsstgttj 19 `ttiiii 2o connect v'vith the passageQi on dil'netr'ically oposite sides of tieirhe'el Casin" 7 The ports- 17 of th'e top pdrtloii 12 c'oriinuni'c'a'te with a discharge port 22 formed iii the citiiig, through t passt t 2s lttittti above the wiittitti'siiig, and t t disent-ttgrts of the bottom portion 13 cmmuica l ith utep-tri 22 tiiiough it passage 211 10- t'ttttd baite tht itht'ti citing.,

v'iiitis 25 formed integrally with the ttp portion and Set is forl'iid integrally with thebottom po'rtioii, and each set is located isti-.teen :ttt dutitt penser its t'sptttivt s'll'p'portin '.meinbn'and the djaceritnd of the niais titi-itein #witte-1. `rats-t varies are so proportioned and arranged that' they ttt-'st eddy ttiftntiwithiii the tisiiitif( 4tit-iisg the ttetatitiii of the fatter, which tend to retard the ritiri the Wheel. Underv ordinary conditions the vvhei tends to inove faster, in roporti'o'n tnth'e tirtiigit the iii-etti,

for heavy loads than fdr light lo'd's', Sind the only rsistance nclintered is the rneohanicl ineiciency of the apparatus, and

andjvhich extends upwardly through thel hub portion 28 of the wing wheelfG and forms a bearing for a pivot point 29 on the wing wheel. The collar 27 is supported by radially-extending webs 30 formed integrally with the bott-0m portion 13. This construction provides ports 32 between the collar 27, the webs and the body portion 11, which expose the lower end of the hub portion 28 to the water pressure of the pas-l sage 24. An annular ange 33 is formed integrally with the body portion and, extending upwardly into the interior of the casing, surrounds the lower end of the hub portion 28 and to some extent restricts the wing wheel 1s partially exposed to the presflow of water from the interior of the casing through the ports 32 into the passage 24.

The upper end of the hub portion 28 is provided with a projection 34 which extends through a suitable opening formed in the top port-ion 12 and which engages, through the agency of a suitable driving connection, an operating shaft of the indicating mechanism 10.

In meters as ordinarily eonstructed,0ne endV of the wing wheel 1s usually exposed to the pressure existing within the wing wheelfcasing, while the other end of the sure within the casing and partially exposed to the pressure of an outlet passage exterior to the casing. Such an arrangement causes a preponderance of longitudinal thrust in one direction and the ordinary result isthat the wing wheel Heats o" its bearing or is held by too reat a pressure against its bearing. This iiiculty is overcome by providing the ports 32 and subjecting the lower end of the hub portion 28 to the water pressure of the passage 24 instead ofthe water pressure existing within the easing 7. With such an arrangement the areas of the upper end of the hub portion exposed to the-water pressure Within the casing 7 and the water pressure within the passage 23 may be so proportioned that the longitudinal thrust due to static pressure in the water f the n vpassage 24 will be sufiicient to balance both the downward thrust occasioned by the static pressure of the water within the casing and the weight of the wing wheel.

The operation of the meter is as follows z-The water entering the meter through the admission port enters the passage 18 and is divided into two streams, one of which passes through the passage 19 and is delivered to the passage 21 on one side of the wheel casing 7 and the other of which passes through the passage 20 and is delivered to the passage 21 on the other side of the casing 7 at a point diametrically opposite the point of delivery of the passage 19. With such an arrangement there is no tendency whatever for the impinging force of the water delivered through the ports 16 to cause a preponderating lateral thrust on the wing wheel 6 in one direction, since the thrust occasioned by the free access of water to the wheel 6 through the port or ports 1G directly adjacent. to the delivery end of the passage 19 is counterbalanced by an e ual and opposite thrust occasioned by the 'ree access of the water throu h the ort or ports 1G directly adjacent to t e dellvery end of the passage 20.

The water delivered to the wing wheel G by the ports 16 is divided in its passage through the interior of the casing 7 into two streams, one of which is delivered through the ports between the vanes 25 of the top portion-to the passage 23 and from there to the discharge port 22 and the-other of which is deliveredto the ports between the vanes 25 of the bottom portion and the passage 24 to the port 22. By this arrangement the wing wheel is balanced both longitudinally and laterally.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes7 I have described the principle of operation of m invention, together with the apparatus w ich I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means.

What I claim is:

1. In a water meter, an outer casing, an l inner casing having outlet ports in the top and bottom, a wing wheel within the inner casing, said inner casing having inlet ports arrangedperipherally thereof and partitions in said outer lcasing forming vertical passages of equal areas whereby water is delivered to diametrically opposite sides of said wheel for the purpose of counterbalancing the lateral thrusts on said wheel.

2. In a water meter, a wing wheel, a casing surrounding said wheel, an outer casing provided with partitions arranged to form vertical passages of equal areas so that the water pressures to which the wheel is subjected balance the lateral thrusts thereof for all Hows.

3. In a water meter, a win wheel, a wheel casing provided with a mu tiple numf ber of peripherallyV arranged inlet ports and I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto outlet ports in its top and bottom, an outer subscribed my name this 11th day of March, casing and partitions in the outer casing 1908. .v .s j .v v providing vertical passages of equal areas, "DANIEL A.-MU'NROE. 5 so that 'Water is delivered to diametrioally "-rWitnesses; i Y

opposite inlet ports under the same pressures f CHARLES W. MCGHEE, for all Hows. l EfW. MCCALLIBTER. 

